Mr. McGee is a Managing Director and Global Chairman of Houlihan Lokey’s Oil & Gas Group. He is based in the firm’s Houston office.
Mr. McGee has more than 30 years of experience and has been involved in many landmark transactions, including Energy Transfer’s proposed acquisition of Williams, Kinder Morgan’s acquisition of El Paso Energy, BHP Billiton’s acquisition of Petrohawk, Verizon’s acquisition of its remaining stake in Verizon Wireless from Vodafone, Exxon Mobil’s acquisition of XTO Energy, Kerr-McGee’s sale to Anadarko, Pfizer’s acquisition of Wyeth, and the Williams Companies’ financial restructuring.
Previously, Mr. McGee was Co-Founder and CEO of Intrepid Financial Partners, which was acquired by Houlihan Lokey in 2026. Before that, he served as a member of the Barclays Group Executive Committee and CEO of Barclays, Americas, responsible for its Investment Banking, Corporate Banking, Credit Card, and Wealth & Investment Management businesses in the region. Mr. McGee held a number of senior leadership positions at Barclays, including CEO of Corporate and Investment Banking, Americas, and Chairman and Head of the Global Investment Banking Division.
Prior to Barclays, Mr. McGee was a senior executive at Lehman Brothers, where he spent the majority of his career. While there, he was a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and served as Head of the Global Investment Banking Division from 2002 to 2008, after running the highly successful Global Natural Resources and Power franchises. Mr. McGee joined Lehman Brothers in 1993 after six years at First Boston and Wasserstein Perella & Co.
Mr. McGee graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in Civil Engineering and received a J.D. degree with honors from the University of Texas School of Law. He is a Lifetime Member of the Advisory Council of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.